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The tax code allows taxpayers to deduct amounts donated to an extremely broad variety of organizations deemed to create societal benefits---that is, positive externalities. But many organizations that may receive…

In 2006, North Carolina became the first state to establish an innocence commission---a state institution with the power to review and investigate individual post-conviction claims of actual innocence. And on…

In July 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dramatically altered the notorious 287(g) program, a program that cultivates partnerships between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local law enforcement. Billed…

Plausibility is much on the collective mind of the legal profession these days. The Supreme Court set the stage in *Twombly* and *Iqbal*, resetting federal civil pleading to a "plausibility…

This Essay provides an initial account of a strategic apparatus crafted by private lawmakers to influence federal policy. The "battering ram strategy" employs the legal powers of states and localities…

The 2010 Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ushers in a new era of financial regulation and establishes a new watchdog agency, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.…

Would you pay $1000 in fees to borrow $100 for a period of twenty weeks? Is it possible that such a loan is even legal? Welcome to the world of…